Ventisit seat material?

DH said:

I finally ordered a seat cover (of sorts) for my Giant
Revive. I saw this material (Ventisit) at a recumbent fair
last year in Tilburg, The Netherlands which is a few
minutes from my house. I tried in vain to buy the material
in bulk but could not.

I paid 60 Euros for a seat cover and attached it to my
bike with plastic ties. This material might be known as
something else elsewhere. My wife claims to have seen
similar material sold in camping stores to be placed under
the mattress in your caravan to allow air underneath. It
is pricey.

At any rate, I should give it a test today. I'm sure it
will keep my back dry as there is not so much compression
from my back in a sitting position. I am expecting the
seat not to work as well as most of my weight is there (in
a sitting position).

I spoke with the guy who makes these seats and he will
not sell the material in bulk. He will only make seats,
period. His command of English is quite good so if you're
interested send him an e-mail. He has a full time job and
just does this on the side. I'm just passing this on and
will follow up with a more detailed report after I've
used this stuff for a few days. I biked yesterday without
it for about an hour and my back and clothing was all
sweaty. It was a typical spring day yesterday, not hot,
not cold, just cool enough for a very light jacket (or
none). Dave Horne

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I saw one of these on the way back from a ride last week (on
the train, and I don't have a recumbent... yet..). Was
puzzled as to whether it would be a recumbent or not - but
certainly looked very interesting, potentially very
comfortable from the looks of the seat and back rest, but my
bum seems to dislike quite padded seats in preference to
rather harder ones.

I'm curious as to how easy it is to cycle, especially with
the suspension that's there (front and rear) - does it soak
up much in the way of effort you expend, or is the way it's
designed with the recumbent position negate that in the way
that uprights with suspension don't?

Looked quite heavy to get on the train too, but that could
have been more bulk than weight.

Piqued my curiosity, I can tell you.

Velvet

Velvet, there have been many thread here re the Giant
Revive. The hard core recumbent riders look at the Revive as
a recumbent wannabe. Take a look here at those threads and
if they don't answer your questions, write back.

BTW, the Revive AFAIK only has the suspension under the
seat. There's a Dutch brand, Gazelle that has a similar
bike that is much heavier but has more features. The Revive
is not perfect and I will probably trade that in for
another once Giant starts listening to the suggestions from
some of us.

Dave Horne davehorne at home dot nl

DH said:

Velvet, there have been many thread here re the Giant
Revive. The hard core recumbent riders look at the Revive
as a recumbent wannabe. Take a look here at those threads
and if they don't answer your questions, write back.

BTW, the Revive AFAIK only has the suspension under the
seat. There's a Dutch brand, Gazelle that has a similar
bike that is much heavier but has more features. The
Revive is not perfect and I will probably trade that in
for another once Giant starts listening to the suggestions
from some of us.

Dave Horne davehorne at home dot nl

Ta, might google for them then. The one I saw looked to have
suspension both under the seat and front forks, but I could
have been wrong. I was a bit tired after my ride and the
brain's not always working well by that stage.

Velvet